Saturday, September 19, 2009

A Query Letter to the Literary Agents and Publishers

The days are so hard that simply good writing a novel will not get published without a genuine and reputed literary agent.

Thus, it is my earnest attempt to write a query letter, if anybody is attracted to my women's fiction.

Enemies of God is a 62,500 + words Women’s fiction basing on Terrorists and their anti-Islamic activities, particularly on the women, in the name of Islam and their extinction from the world.

To-day, Terrorism is one of the top most problems of any country. Right from President of USA to the leaders of India, Pakistan and others are busy unitedly in combating to eradicate terrorism from the world and re-establish humanity and peace.

One Muslim terrorist couple had to leave their one year old daughter under the custody of their land lord in the event of their arrest by the Kashmir police at a metro city Kolkata(Calcutta), India. The seventy year old land lord Sam Roy found no other way but to be kind enough to bring up her as his own grand-daughter named Uma with modern best education available in the city and thereafter she became a police officer of Jammu and Kashmir cadre.

In 1964, a Muslim young woman with the help of another Christian woman and a Hindu man established an organisation called All India Depressed and Deprived Women Organisation (AIDDWO) which gradually became a pioneer to awaken the people against the torturing and oppressing Islamic rules and fatwa on the women through a non-violent movement over the terrorist stricken countries.The tortures and oppressions like raping minor to older women, incest, forced divorce & separation, polygamy, killing innocent people etc. became the daily practices by the terrorists groups. A few of such victimised women were Bilkis, Hasina, Maria, Nasima, Jyotsna, Sabina Khatun, Parveen Bibi and Sultana Banu whose personal experiences enriched the book more realistic.

The situation became such a critical that all the countries of the world became forced to declare a military offensive against all terrorist groups like Taliban, al Qaeda, Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and others.

The non-violent movement got the full support of the true Islamic people and military wings of all the concerned countries to eradicate the terrorism from the world. The joint action of defence and non-violent movement made the terrorists defeated, surrendered and repented for their anti-Islamic activities.

Peace and humanity returned again in the earth.

Uma, a born Muslim, brought up in Hindu culture, an efficient member of Indian Police Service (IPS), got highest award of the police service from government of India for moulding the terrorists surrendered to the government for rehabilitation in mainstream social life and democratic politics. Thus Uma became a legendary woman to every body. Despite this honour and fame, she was indeed not happy mentally.

Uma’s eyes were in search of her parents since she joined police service in Kashmir. She was much optimistic to find out her parents from the arrested and jailed terrorists.

For more about Uma, the torture and oppression on the women by the terrorists and the way of eradication of their existence from the world, we have to read the novel “Enemies of God”.

Being a citizen journalist of merinews.com, my creative writings are being published from time to time. My first published book How to Avoid Tension and Achieve Peace in Life is available at amazon.com

I travelled mostly all over India and its neighbour countries and studied the villagers with my insight, particularly the women of all communities in respect of their family relations, poverty, sufferings due to social taboos, religious fatwas, forced divorce & separation, incest and other sexual abuse etc. with my formal post graduate management education specialised in HR.

It is my first Women's fiction based on my study and vast experiences.

I convey my thanks and gratitude for the immense interest and patience you have taken to evaluate my query letter. I shall be delighted to send you the detailed Synopsis and a few chapters of my novel Enemies of God, if asked for.

Yours Sincerely,

Pritis C Majumdar,

1/30B, Chittaranjan Colony, 2nd floor,

Kolkata-700032, INDIA.

Phone: 913324253622, Mobile: 919830617660

E mail: pcmajumdar@gmail.com